LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES DIRECTED TOWARD CONTROLLING POSSESSION AND SALE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

• NCJ Number: 10580
• Author(s): G A GRIZZLE
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 65 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-NI-04-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of North Carolina
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: MECKLENBURG CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROJECT

Annotation

ESTIMATE OF THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES UPON THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF ILLICIT DRUG SELLING AND USAGE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

Abstract

FACTORS PERTINENT ARE THE DISCRETION THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS IN DESIGNING LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DRUG LAW VIOLATORS WILL BE PUNISHED UNDER EXISTING POLICY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DRUG SELLERS AND USERS ARE LIKELY TO BE DETERRED BY THREAT OF PUNISHMENT, THE EFFECT OF MAKING ILLICIT DRUGS LESS EASILY AVAILABLE, AND THE EFFECT OF REMOVING ILLICIT DRUG USERS AND SELLERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THESE FACTORS, FOUR POSSIBLE POLICIES WERE ASSESSED IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE THEIR IMPACT. THESE INCLUDE TECHNIQUES OF CONTROLLING HEROIN USAGE BY CONFINING THE ADDICT AND BY DISRUPTING THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)